The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 16, 2004
Waning Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 AM
5:25 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1005
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.7° / 189.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 42m / -6.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.34° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.13° / 5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.87° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.